Machine for cutting fabric.



S. J. SILL.

MACHINE FOB. CUTTING FA BBIG. APPLICATION FILED JAN. 8. 1909.

l Patented Jan. 19. 1909.

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S. J. SILL. MACHINE FOR GUTTING FABRIC. APPLICATION FILED JAN. 8. 1908. 91 0,325, Patented Jan. 19. 1909. 2 SHEETS-SHEET 2.

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1 turesof novelty hereinafter described, illustrated in the accompanying drawings and particularly pointed out in the claims at the,

tical section on 1ine 2.-2 of Fig.- 3. I Fig. 3 is The strip of bias material thus formed is'ah,

' cap ed or sealed at the ends willbe subjected zen of the United States, residing moreespecially to provide an improved macustomary tof-fric'tiolfl a Web of'duck and sections. These then joined end to end, the edges of the secupon suitable mandrels and will be lined and Y nnrrrn srATEsfW ATNT SAMUEL J.- sII'.L', oF BUFF LO, E Yon-K; as'sre'non or ONE-EAL? re nnnn'fnn'rn or: BUFFALO,

170 all. whom it may con oem: 5 Be it known that I, SAMUEL J. SILL, a citiat Bufialo, county of Erie, and State of New York, have invented, certain new. and. useful Improve: ments in Machines for Cutting Fabric, of which I do declarethe following to be a full, clear, and exact description, 'referenbebeing. had to the accom anying drawings formingpart of this specification. V The present invention has for. its object chinefor the bias cutting of" frictioned duck" that ,is' used in the manufacture-.ofrubberhose and the inventionconsists inthe feaend of this specification. I In the drawings, Figure 1 is aplan view of the improved machine, with parts shown in section on line 1-1 of Fig. 2. Fig. 2 is a ver-.

a verticalse 'tion on line 3'3 of Fig. 2. Fig. 4 is a .deta' section on line 4-{1 of Fig; 1'. Figs. 5 and 6 are detail views illustrating the manner in which the'fabric is'cut. Fig'. 7. a detail section-on lines 7-7 of Figs. 1 and 8. Fig. 8 is a detail sectionon line 8'8 of Fig. 7. ,In the manufacture of'rubber -hose. it is after trinnningits edgesto cut-the web'on the bias into com 'arativelyfshort lengthsor ias sections of duck-are tions being overlapped and stu'ck together until a long strip of bias material informed.

terwards cut up intoshort' sections of the proper length depending upon the length of ose to be formed." Thus for example, 111 manufacturing sections of hose for railway air brake systems, the long strip of bias duck will be cut into sections about 22 inches long and these sections will thereafter be wound covered ,with rubber and after being suitably to t e vulcanizing operation. 7

.My present invention provides a simple and most efficient machine whereby the frictioned duck may be cut. up n the bias and into short lengths or sectionss'from which the hose sections may be formed.

-Sp eeificntion of Letters Patent.

1908. sa n $09,766;

;up0n theiine 1 into the short strip will be squared loy- 'jecentone end upon the c and joining it to the 0 thus formed will subsequently berigidly secured to it suitable min;

standards are united; together in Fig. 1, and to thesepustsere, -12 thebrackets ISthat are'i ings of pressure. rolls to' he presenti scribed. ii on the heck portions 01' t shaped brackets 15 and lfi the-loivhr brash The brackets it serve as h vent its stichingtogether while on t cotton clothonto the drum or. reel the reels or drums 18 and 20 into are NEW YORK.

1 In Fig, 5 of the drawings; there i length of friction'ed duck thst he tions 2, end in Fig. 6 is show, n that'is'formed by joining "ti gether, this joining oi these complished by overlapping sections as shown, .1 t? Fig! '6' has been thus rem the section 5 thus removed 1 petite e: lines;

as indicated in dotte the dotted lines 6 into prop-er isng lncheslong) to form the sestions or 10 designates the-main posts or of the machine the base i er ti and, as shown, the tops of ti verse bar'll. Pfefershi v; the posts i ft their front portions oituhuler-iorm,

ed- "medwit guide-ways 14 adapted to receive the postslO are cited. the lower and upper le-esably supporting 19 of a'reeror druiniffi onto 1.; V wound the botton cloth or far. a

to. cover the Web of irietioned dea will.

or drurn'18. To one end of the connected a hand-wheel 22 having 23 whereby it may be turned to.

hody portions '01" the axles 37 an: preferably-squared to .fit square ope in-whieh rest the journals of the-lower presmounted the bearing blocks-27 for the upper pressure roll 28. The upper and lower bear-.

sure roll 26 and within these guideways 14 are blocks are formed with guide flangesto ho d'thern in ositionwithin the guide-ways 1.4. Preferab y, the pressure rolls 2.6 and 28 are hol ow cylinders having interiorly threaded ends (see Fig. 1) 'to receive the correspondingly threaded portions of caps 29,-'the reduced portions 30 of these caps forming the journals of the rolls. Each-of the ca s 29 at one side of the machine is forme witlra reducedportion 31 on which will be keyed a gear wheel 32, these gear wheels being of like diameter and-meshing together so as to insure the uniform revolution of the upper and lowerpressure rolls.

' One of the caps 29 is also provided with a reduced extension 34 to which will be keyed a hand-wheel 35 having a handle 36, whereby revolution mav beimparted to the rolls 26 and 28.- To the top of each of the bearing blocks 27 is bolted-a lifting plate 37 that is formed upon its underside with a cavity to receive the head 38 of an adjusting screw 39 that passes'through a hole in the lifting plate 37 and through a threaded opening in a cap-.

plate 40 that is boltedas at 41 upon the top of each of the brackets -13.- Each of the adjusting screws 39 is provided. with a handwheel 42 and by the turning'of these hand wheels the upper raised and lowered.

" ln'fron't of the lower pressure roll 26 is placed an idler roll 44, the ends of which are shown as jou'rnaled in bearings 45 that are' bolted'as at 46to the. inner sides of the brackets 13' and upon this idler roll 44' are fixed collars or washers 47 that serve to guide the Strip of duck 48 as it passes from ofl thedruin or reel 18. j 1

Above the idler vroll 44 and suital'ily iourialed in beariugsat the inner sides oi the Brackets 13 is mounted the knife bar 50 to when are secured the trimming knives 51.

' The ends of these-knives 51' rest against the periphe of the'lower pressure roll 26 and preferab y extend within groves 26 therein, (see Fig. 7), and these knives 51 serve to trim the edges of the duck as it passes into the bite of the pressure rolls 25 and 28. The knives are preferably'fixed to holders 50that are adju'stably held on the bar 50 for different widths of duck by pins 50, arranged tb en-' ga e grooves 50" 1n the bar '50, Each knife 7 holder 50' is provided with an arm 53 from pressure roll 28 may bethe-bars 74 and .7

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then through the-pressure rolls 26 and28- and,

as the duck thus passes through the pressure rolls,.the knives51-will serve to accurately trim the'edges ofthe web. At the same time by-turn'ing the hand-wheel 22, the cotton web or sheet with which the duckis faced will be wound upon thereel or drum 20.

As the friqtioned duck issues from the pressure rolls 26 and-28, it is received upon a table or bed 60 thatis mounted upon suitable legs 61 arranged at convenient distances apart. The top surface of the table 60 should be faced with a-sheet of shit metal to prevent the dulling of the knives in the cutting operation. As shown, each. of the edges oi the table 60 has bolted thereto metal bars63, the ends of these bars being separated to form the spaces 64 forthe'puipose to be presently stated. 1 y

To enablethe bias cutting of the web of duck to be accurately efltected,-I have 'pro-' vided for use in connection with the cutting table the improved" knife guiding mechanism next to be described. As shown this mechanismcomprises end bars and 71 the inner edges of which are adapted-to bear against the bars 63*that are secured to the edges ofthe' table 60 and fronr the inner edges of each of the end bars'70 and 71 projects a stud 72 adapted to enter the spaces 64 between the bars 63. To the upper faces of the endbars 7O and7 ,1 are secured the guide bars 74 and -75-that are separated a suiiicient distanceto form the slot 76 through which the {blade of Preferably,

the operators v knife will pass. the bar 75 is an angle-bar, the upturned portion of which affords a broader bearing for the blade of the 'operatorsknife. I It will thus be seen that when the lugs 72 of the end bars 70 and 71 are placed within the spaces. 64 at -the side edges o f the table 60,

will extend diagonally across the table and over the web of frictioned duck thereon, as shown in Fig. -1,- of the drawings, and the operators, one at each side. of the table (if tlie width of the web be sufiicientto require two 0 craters) will draw their hand knives along t ie slot- 7 6 and thus accurately sever the web of frictioned duck upon a diagonal line. The operators will then lift the end bars 70 and 71, and insert theirlug 7-2 in the'next succeeding spaces .64 ,and repeat the cutting operation until a suiticient number of sections have been out to form a long bias strip such as is shown in Fig.

When a proper number of bias sections have thusbeen cut from the web of frictioned duck, these sections will be laid end to end with their:endsoverlappingj and stuck together to form the upper strip showndn: F-ig. 6 of. the drawings. In order to give square ends-to this bias strip, the operator will square one end of the strip by cut-ting therefrom the. triangular shaped piece. '5

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- shown in Fig-, 6, and will apply this 'tri' angular shaped piece to the opposite end of" the strip, shown. To 'securethe accurate cutting of-the triangular piec-eufroni the end of the bias strip, 'I ha=ve provided the straight edge next to be described. This straight edge consists of anend bar 80' from the inner edge of-whlch-projects a'stt' d 81 adapted to Y ofthis bar 82 hasan angular portion that is secured as. at 86 tot-he endof thebar83.-" Byll-i'f positioned and bypassing his knife along the I *Igroove or, guide-way 86, the 'op'erato'rfca'n" fsquarely'sever the end portionof the bias "enter one of the spaces 64 between the bars 63 attlie edge 'of'the table 60"and to the be passed. Preferably, the bar 83. is formed with a raised-flange 86' (see Fig. 4) to,better guide the operators knife. "The .Qute'r, end

placingthe lug or stud 8'l within" one of the spaces 6-1, the straight ed'ge will be accurately strip, and cut vthe'sameinto section's,'as indieated by the dotted lines'6 in Fig. '6. For

' could be varied without departure from the convenience in-liand-ling the guide, a wooden bar 83 15' preferably fixed to the angle bar 83 and aisimilar wooden bar-may be secured to the guide employed for biascutting. "It is obvious that the details of structure 'essentials of the invention.

combination of a roll for holding the fabric.

--to' be cut, a roll for windingup' the facing fabric, a pairof pressure rolls for-drawing off the bodyfabric and a table whereon the body fabric is receivedasiti'ssues from the pres- Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new andv desireto secure by Letters 1 In a machine for cutting fabric, the

sure'rolls. r "2. In a machine for cutt ng fabric, the

-' combination of. aroll for holding the body fabric tobe cut and the facing fabric wound therewith, apair of pressure rolls for drawing off the body fabric, roll located in advance of I said pressure rollsfor windingup the facingfabric and independent means for imparting rotation to said pressure rollsand to V said roll whereon the facingfabric is wound. 3.v In, a machine-for cutting fabric, the

combinationofsuit'able standards or sup:

"up'the faeing fabric, brackets at one side ofv said standards or supports .for 'detachably holding the journals of 831d rolls, a pair of ports, a roll for holding the body fabric to be cutand the fa cingfabric, aroll for winding pressure rolls at the opposite side of said standards or supportsfor drawing off the I body fabric, said roll for winding up the facing fabric being located advance of I said pressure {rolls-and independent means .for imparting rotatio fabric to e cut ant t e "rolls" h pressure rolls and saidroll forwlfr'iding upft-he fac ng fabric.v

a w v r acing' fabric, -a' pair of pressure .rolls'iforfdrawing.ofi the body fabric, a roll located in advance of said res- "sure rollsforwinding up the facing fa ric, 'indepen'dentzmean's for imparting rotation to said pressure rolls and to said .roll for winding up the facing fabric, and knives for trimming the'edges of the body fabric after thefaci'n fabric has been removed therefronrand as said, I

bodyfabric is drawn through the pressure Ina machineforcutting fabric, the combination of a roll for holding the fabric to be cut, a rOlLfor-winding up thefacin'g fabric; an idler roll provided with collars or 1" i'washe-rs' for guiding the body fabric,-.a"pair -of pressuregrolls for drawing off the body fabric and knives for trimming the edges of sure rolls.

the bodv fabric as it passes through the pres--"' '6.' In a machine for cutting fabric, the" combination of a roll for holding the body fabric to be cut and the facing fabric, a pair of pressure rolls for drawing off the body fabric, a roll for windingup the facing fabric a located in advance of said pressure rolls,

independentmeans .for imparting rotation to said pressureqrolls and to'said roll for winding u the facing fabric, knivesv for trimmingjt e edges of the body fabric after the.facing fabrichas-been se'parated there- I 4 from, an pressure; mechanism for holding one of 's'aid., trinimingrknives against. one of the pressure rolls.- I i.

7. In almachine for cutting fabric, the combination of a roll for holding the fabric to be cut, a pairv of pressurerolls for drawing off the body fabric, an idlGixIOll provided with collarsor sleeves'for' guiding the body fabric, a knife bar provided with knivesfor.

trimming the edges of theb ody' fabric and a- 4 weight attached to said knife bar for holding said'kni'ves againstone'of the pressure rolls! 8. Mechanism for cutting fabric, com-. prising a tablewheremr the fabric to be cut. will 'be spread, and a knife guide provided at one at least of its ends with an end bar, and lug and groove interlocking means whereby the. knife guide may bev held difierent positions and-against movement lengthwise I ofthe'table, 9 .i 1 Mechanisml for cutting fabric, comprising a tablewhereonthe fabric to becut will be s read and a knife-guide having end bars I v I and aving guide bars spaced apartand ex- .tending between said'end bars ,to form a guideway for the knife, the edges of said table iafi dsthe end bars of said knife guide.

being".pi'cvided with interlocking lugs and grooves whereby the knife-guide nay be held.

7 in di fiereli't'phsitidnhhd agdinsi; m0' 7exniel nd; bars conn'hcting said and bars; and siprzced lengthwise ofijhe. table, I I apart to form a guide-way for the vknife.

10. -Mechan1sm forcut/12mg fabnc 00111- 7 SAMUEL SILL prising a table provided at His edges with 5 guide grooves anda knife guide having and Witnesses:

bars provided with lugs to enter the grooves HARRY L. CLAPP,

at the edges of the table a, nd having guide I I KATHARINE GER-LACE? 

